II Ka 131/21
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Criminal appeal dismissed; court upheld first-instance verdict due to lack of procedural grounds for appeal.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal filed by the defense counsel against the first-instance criminal judgment. The defense argued procedural errors, but the court found no basis under Article 440 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to overturn the lower court's decision. Consequently, the original verdict was upheld, and costs were allocated to the parties.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 438 pkt 2 k.p.k.; Art. 440 k.p.k.: An appeal is inadmissible if the grounds raised do not affect the substance of the judgment or lack statutory prerequisites for overturning the first-instance ruling.
Keywords
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criminal appeal
procedural error
upholding verdict
defense costs
code of criminal procedure
Cited Legislation
AI generatedart. 634 k.p.k. w zw. z art. 627 k.p.k. w zw. z art. 636 § 1 k.p.k.
art. 29 ust. 2 Prawo o adwokaturze
§ 17 ust. 2 pkt 4 w zw. z § 4 ust. 1 i 3 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 3 października 2016 r. w sprawie ponoszenia przez Skarb Państwa kosztów nieopłaconej pomocy prawnej udzielonej przez adwokata z urzędu
art. 438 pkt 1 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 2 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 3 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 4 k.p.k
art. 439 k.p.k
art. 437 § 2 k.p.k
art. 454 § 1 k.p.k
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